Open AccessEvaluation of carotid artery dynamics & correlation with cardiac & hepatic iron in β-thalassaemia patients
Author(s) -
Rashid Merchant,
Someshwar Chate,
Ali Javed,
Noor Ani Ahmad,
Alka Karnik,
Bhavin Jankaria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/0971-5916.184302
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , thalassemia , intima media thickness , ferritin , complication , common carotid artery , ultrasound , artery , carotid arteries , gastroenterology , radiology
Early atherosclerosis and vascular complication have been described in thalassaemia patients. There is lack of data or guidelines regarding monitoring of vascular health in thalassaemia. This study was conducted to compare carotid artery structural and functional indices such as carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), stiffness index (SI) and Young's elastic modulus (YEM) in β-thalassemia patients with age and sex matched controls, and to correlate these parameters with serum ferritin, cardiac iron, and hepatic iron.